As one on record for disliking both Prometheus and Covenant, I will reiterate that the problem with these prequel movies has nothing to do with pulse rifles, space marines, the creature, the look of the movies, or the ideas in play. It's all in the scripting, presentation, and handling of the characters and story. How did we get from point A to point B? When one thinks about that, these movies fall apart. The prequels could be called Morons in Space, and it would be an accurate description of what we see on the screen. I'm all for characters sometimes making bad decisions. Here, we're not talking a few bad decisions, We're talking Tales of the Dumbest People in the Universe. These people deserve to die for being so stupid. And how we got from point A to point B makes no sense.
Let's talk momentarily about how Convenant would have really ended: Move the ship 40km closer to the storm. That exceeds the ship's tolerances by a lot. OK. Ship breaks up, everybody dies. No one to rescue survivors on the planet. They die. David is still there. Roll credits. That's the way I see it. Or Oram listens to Daniels, everybody gets back in the freezers, and the ship treks on to its original destination. You get a different movie.
Now, we have Ridley making these contentious statements about a movie that may or may not happen..Ok. Track record indicates, whatever else happens, we're probably getting another Tale of the Dumbest People in the Universe. Also, based on the way Prometheus connected to Covenant, we have no guarantee at all where the next movie will go. Seems likely David will be in it, but it's speculation. In the end, we get what we get. I hope we get something good, but I expect another delivery of beaurtiful garbage.
